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Post by esshup on Jan 18, 2021 20:16:49 GMT -5
Anybody use them? If I can get the barrel finished in time I will be using them in my 3" 1100. I need to look to see what they sent, either 7 or 7.5 shot.
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Post by oldshotty on Jan 18, 2021 21:21:21 GMT -5
I know they don't need a lot of constriction, one of the guys who I hunt with shoots them and he just uses a Carlson extended full. I watched him snipe a nice long beard at about 35-40 yards last year.
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Post by parrothead on Jan 18, 2021 21:27:24 GMT -5
I have for 5 plus years. My gun is patterned to 80 yards with it.
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Post by esshup on Jan 19, 2021 0:34:10 GMT -5
I have for 5 plus years. My gun is patterned to 80 yards with it. Do you have any idea what the ID of your barrel measures and what the ID of the choke tube is? Well, I first should ask what gauge? I'm shooting a 12 ga. |
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Post by parrothead on Jan 19, 2021 5:31:42 GMT -5
I have Browning Gold Invector Plus 26 inch barrel (I believe) choke is .655 Great way to save time and money is to check out Gobbler Nation. They have a section for almost every 12 G ever made with people sharing great info. oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php |
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Post by parrothead on Jan 19, 2021 5:41:43 GMT -5
I just typed in Remington 1100 in, in the Remington section and lots of good info.
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Post by esshup on Jan 19, 2021 16:10:22 GMT -5
I just typed in Remington 1100 in, in the Remington section and lots of good info. Thanks I'll take a look tonight. I'm getting a 3" 1100 barrel that I will have shortened and threaded for Browning Invector Plus choke tubes, I have 2 of every size of Briley extended choke tubes for the Invector Plus tubes. Plus some not made by Briley. |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Jan 30, 2021 20:19:44 GMT -5
Used them for the first time last year. Love them, I still have 3 shells from my box of 5. I used one to check the zero and one to kill my tom I might buy another box of 5 just to have a few extra but I don’t plan on running out too soon.
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Post by greghopper on Jan 30, 2021 21:14:33 GMT -5
Used them for the first time last year. Love them, I still have 3 shells from my box of 5. I used one to check the zero and one to kill my tom I might buy another box of 5 just to have a few extra but I don’t plan on running out too soon. I wouldn’t wait to long before buying... some ammo is hard to find! |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Jan 30, 2021 22:12:19 GMT -5
Used them for the first time last year. Love them, I still have 3 shells from my box of 5. I used one to check the zero and one to kill my tom I might buy another box of 5 just to have a few extra but I don’t plan on running out too soon. I wouldn’t wait to long before buying... some ammo is hard to find! I know what you mean, I got mine via internet last year I use a 20 ga for turkey so hopefully they won’t be all bought up too soon. |
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Post by esshup on Jan 30, 2021 22:51:48 GMT -5
I wouldn’t wait to long before buying... some ammo is hard to find! I know what you mean, I got mine via internet last year I use a 20 ga for turkey so hopefully they won’t be all bought up too soon. Don't bet on it. Get them while you can, I have a feeling once the stores inventory is depleted it won't be replenished this year. When I was in Cabelas in Hammond last weekend the only shotgun shells they had were TSS from Browning, and I doubt there were 2 cases of those shells total of all gauges and lengths in the store. I talked to the guys at Apex a month ago and they said to buy any shot that I wanted back then because once it was sold out, they wouldn't get any inventory until 2022. So I have 2# of 7.5's to play with. |
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Post by esshup on Mar 26, 2021 11:26:28 GMT -5
Update:
The 1100 barrel I bought can't be threaded for the Browning Invector Plus choke tubes, it's too thin or rather the OD isn't large enough, even when cutting down from 30" to 20"-24". So I went with a barrel that bullseye69 had threaded for Remchokes. I finally got all the components ordered to roll my own TSS 3" shells, I had 5-6 3" Federal hulls from bullseye, but didn't have the mylar wrap and cork/felt 20 ga wads that went inside the plastic wad. Ballistic Products finally had some in inventory and when I checked, they had new primed 3" Federal Hulls too, so I ordered 100 of them as well (the minimum).
The Indian Creek Choke Tube is here now, and I have the red-dot that is going on the 3" 1100 Receiver, so things are falling into place. Had the powder, so just waiting for the components to show up and I will get to loading a few (Roll Crimp) and testing them.
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Post by parrothead on Mar 26, 2021 13:44:21 GMT -5
If you need any TSS let me know I can give you the name of the guy I get mine from. You order shot from him he also shares his recipes for his loads. He recently opened up a TSS shell company called TSS Shot. I have never had any issues getting it from him. Ordered 10lbs last summer.
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Post by esshup on Mar 26, 2021 20:58:09 GMT -5
If you need any TSS let me know I can give you the name of the guy I get mine from. You order shot from him he also shares his recipes for his loads. He recently opened up a TSS shell company called TSS Shot. I have never had any issues getting it from him. Ordered 10lbs last summer. Thanks! I talked to the guy in Argos, and he gave me a phone number to call. I did, ordered it from him and he sent it, IIRC it was around $45/lb. IIRC it was shipped from SC? He sent 3 recipes and included 10 wads in the box of shot. I got #7.5 shot, the smallest that is legal in IN. Same guy or different? |
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Post by parrothead on Mar 27, 2021 6:28:40 GMT -5
I am talking about Hal Abbott, but sounds like you got. I think Hal is in North Carolina.
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Post by esshup on Mar 27, 2021 18:26:55 GMT -5
I am talking about Hal Abbott, but sounds like you got. I think Hal is in North Carolina. Probably the same person. Could have been North Carolina, I get 'em mixed up. Wait. let me check email... Yep, it is Hal Abbott that I got the TSS from. |
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Post by esshup on Mar 29, 2021 22:28:06 GMT -5
I had an email today from Precision Reloading saying that the components shipped. So, that means I might be throwing some TSS at a pattern board this upcoming weekend.
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Post by sx3 on Mar 30, 2021 17:59:46 GMT -5
I picked up a few boxes of the apex 3” #9’s to try this season hoping the rule change would go through. If loading pictures wasn’t a pain, I would load them up. At 40 yards I counted 667 hits in a 24” circle. Just insane pattern. This is out of a super x2 with an Indian creek tube. .665 constriction. No turkey can escape that mess of shot. 15 yards and the pattern was a baseball. Kicker is that most I have shot are 15-20.
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Post by esshup on Mar 30, 2021 18:52:33 GMT -5
I picked up a few boxes of the apex 3” #9’s to try this season hoping the rule change would go through. If loading pictures wasn’t a pain, I would load them up. At 40 yards I counted 667 hits in a 24” circle. Just insane pattern. This is out of a super x2 with an Indian creek tube. .665 constriction. No turkey can escape that mess of shot. 15 yards and the pattern was a baseball. Kicker is that most I have shot are 15-20. That's the down side to the tight pattern. If the bird is close you better know exactly where the pattern hits relative to your point of aim. I will have a red dot on the shotgun to help with that. |
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Post by sx3 on Mar 31, 2021 18:21:02 GMT -5
Totally agree on the downside of close shots.
When I decided to make this a turkey only gun I invested in a Truglo magnum gobble dot which is basically some good fiber optic rifle sights. Took me darn near a box of cheap target loads to get it dialed in. Then a few more of the hunting loads to completely get it hitting dead on. I tried to avoid batteries, but am warming up to some of the vortex and Burris options.
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